Basic Microeconomics

• The Market

• Budget Constraint

• Preferences

• Utility

• Choice

• Demand

• Buying and Selling

• Market Demand

• Equilibrium

• Exchange

• Welfare

• Asymetric Information

As a reference for this part see the book: R. Varian: Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus.

Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 31, 33, 37.

Basic Macroeconomics

• The Goods Market

• Financial Markets

• Goods and Financial Markets: The IS-LM Model

• The Labor Market

• The AS/AD Model

• The Phillips Curve, the Natural Rate of Unemployment, and Inflation

As a reference for this part see the book: Olivier Blanchard, David W. Johnson: Macroeconomics,

Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Basic Calculus

• Review of Functions, Graphs, Inequalities

• Logs and Exponential Functions

• Limit of Sequences

• Differentiation, Computing Derivatives

• Applications of Derivatives

• Max and min of Functions

• Integration and Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

• Matrix and Vector Calcullus

As a reference for this part see the book: V. C. Mavron: Elements of Mathematics for Economics and Finance.

Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11.

Basic Financial Mathematic

• Simple and Compound Interest

• Future Value and Present Value of Cash Flows

• Valuation of Annuities

• Amortization

• Applications in Business and Economics

As a reference for this part visit the link: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/lgrseries/combo/assets/images/other/lgr-combo-ch5.pdf

Corporate Finance and Valuation:

• Foundation of corporate finance, investment, capital stricture and dividends principles.

• Corporate Finance and governance, Agency Theory and Stakeholders approach

• Notions of risk and return: Definition of Risk, Risk diversification, Risk-return Models (CAPM, APM, Multifactorial models)

• Capital budgeting techniques (NPV, IRR, Profitability Index)

• Capital Structure and corporate value

As a reference for this parte you can use: Damodaran A., Applied Corporate Finance, 3rd edition, Wiley

Chapters: 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 7

• Foundations of Enterprise Risk Management

• Foundations of valuation methods

 As a reference for this part you can use: Andersen T.J. Garvey M. Roggi O. Managing risk and Opportunity, Oxford University Press.

Chapter 3

Roggi O.: Finanza Aziendale, Franco Angeli,

Chapter 3